Georgia celebrates Palm Sunday

Orthodox Christians in Georgia are celebrating Palm Sunday, which marks Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and is commemorated by a feast on the Sunday before Easter.

Pilgrims celebrating Palm Sunday in Georgia go to church with candles and boxwood tree branches, which are blessed in the churches with holy water as a symbol of welcoming the Lord.

Senaki and Chkhorotskhu Metropolitan Shio Mujiri performed the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi today.

In the run up to the Palm Sunday holiday, the Environmental Supervision Department of Georgia on Monday announced incoming restrictions on the extraction of boxwood trees, which plays a symbolic part for parishioners.